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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Takumi Miyakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Takumi Miyakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus having a first subsystem and a second subsystem, is provided. The first subsystem includes a first updating unit configured to update a first counter at a priority higher than that of a processing task executed by the first subsystem, and a second updating unit configured to update a second counter at a priority lower than that of the processing task. The second subsystem includes a check unit configured to check whether the first and second counters have been updated, and a determination unit configured to determine that failure has occurred in the first subsystem if at least one of the first and second counters has not been updated.
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